Get involved

NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group pledges to put patients at the centre of all that we do.

We have created a number of routes through which you can have your say and be involved; from the start of our commissioning plans to how your health care services are developed. You can make a suggestion via our website, attend a local Patient Participation Group meeting or give your feedback on a Public Consultation exercise in your community, to name a just a few of the eays you can get involved.

Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) – What is it?

Patient and Public Involvement or PPI is an important part of the CCG’s work and a theme running through everything we do and the decisions we make.

To help the CCG ensure patient voices and the public in Thurrock are heard and included in commissioning decisions, there are Lay Member representatives on the CCG’s Governing Body (these are members of the public who sit on our Governing Body). Find out more about our Board Members by visiting the Who we are section of our website.

PPI Strategy 2018-22

The CCG has recently launched a strategy outlining what we will do to involve patients and how we will measure success. You can read more about this strategy here:

Commissioning Reference Group - This is our formal patient representative body that meet every two months. Membership consists of local PPG chair’s and members, Healthwatch Thurrock, Thurrock CVS, local area coordinators and community leaders. More information about the group and when it meets can be found on the Commissioning Reference Group section of our website.

Responding to consultations - See our public consultation page for the latest consultations that are open to the public to give their views.